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(9 hours ago)KillerLeft Wrote: Pretty much right there with all of this.
Only, I keep seeing people mention the need to keep Gafford because of AD possibly being traded and Lively being hurt. I get it from a "number of quality centers" standpoint, but to be honest I think this point guard-less season has proven that Gafford currently doesn't fit here very well at all, regardless of who's available to play or not. I might be wrong about this, but to my thinking there's kind of no point in keeping Gafford around without a plan to use him offensively, and what we've seen them do to work him in this season has not been working. He's not old, exactly, but he's not young, either, and the Mavs are currently wasting one of his last prime seasons asking him to be a complete fish out of water. I'd be very tempted to sell high on him, too, regardless of what happens with AD. Just my personal take on it. I think it's the best thing for him, even.
I´m also in the trade camp, but for a different reason. I think that 6 second or less Suns small ball is an option with Flagg. I´d actually look for a Washington/Lively C rotation for next year. Luka´s team was build for half court dissection. This team should probably be build for high energy destruction and for that we need a few more young legs.